They Just Don't Get It: How Washington Is Still Compromising Your Safety--and What You Can Do About It

by David Hunt

Brand-new chapter exclusive to the paperback edition

Colonel David Hunt has dedicated his career to fighting terrorism. A U.S. Army veteran for nearly thirty years, he has helped take out an active terrorist camp, trained the FBI and Special Forces in counterterrorism tactics, and served as security adviser to six different Olympic Games.

And Colonel Hunt is angry. Why? Because even after the attacks on our country and on Americans around the world, the people charged with protecting us—the politicians and the bureaucrats in the military and in intelligence—still aren’t getting the job done. In They Just Don’t Get It , you’ll

• How many of the government’s recent “reforms” are actually counterproductive

• How we can fight this war and still safeguard our civil liberties and the American way of life

• What you can do to keep your family safe

• How to fix the intelligence disaster (and yes, the politicians in D.C. still haven't fixed it)

As politicians posture and pundits bicker, we’re losing sight of the We’re still not equipped to win the war on terror. Hunt shows us there are changes we can make at every level—as individual citizens, as a government, and as a military power—in order to win the war on terror and ensure our survival as a free, proud, and strong nation.

Genres: Politics

288 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2005

About the author

Colonel David Hunt has over 29 years of military experience, including extensive operational experience in Special Operations, Counter Terrorism and Intelligence Operations. Most recently, Colonel Hunt served as Tactical Advisor in Bosnia where he facilitated all national intelligence matters for the Commander in Chief, as well as coordinating a $350,000,000 national security program for the National Security Agency and the Central Intelligence Agency in 1997.

Prior to this, he served as counter terrorism coordinator to the Summer Olympic Games in Seoul, Korea. In this capacity, David Hunt planned, choreographed and implemented the first United States national response for an Olympic event in Korea in conjunction with Korean National Intelligence and the Korean Crisis Response Agency as the counter-terrorist coordinator.

His role as a leader began with a Special Forces Operational Detachment of 12 soldiers, expanding to command a brigade of over 1,000 personnel. He received his Master's degree in English from Norwich University in 1981, and later graduated from the John F. Kennedy School of Government in Harvard University in 1991.

David Hunt has lectured for the Federal Bureau of Investigation Academy, the Central Intelligence Agency, the National Security Agency, and several other high profile agencies, as well as state and local police officials.

Recently, he has shared his expertise in over 200 televised interviews on Operation Iraqi Freedom. Bill O'Reilly of the "O'Reilly Factor" called David Hunt the "Best Military Analyst in the Business" and Fox's "Go to Guy on the War."

Reviews

[Terry Cornell · Rating 3 out of 5]

Quick read, published in 2005, but sadly 10 years later our federal government is still not adequately protecting our country from terrorists. Col. Hunt points out several simple guidelines to better ensure every American's safety, many common sense. Yet here we are, deeper in the muck. One of my favorite lines is that just bombing them doesn't work--yet that seems to be the major strategy today.

[Pierre · Rating 3 out of 5]

Col. Hunt reiterates my personal stance on the war against terrorism:
1) Kill terrorists and don't coddle the governments that harbor them. A common refrain I hear from people is "What did Iraq have to do with terrorism?" And the answer is that Iraq is (and was) a State sponsor of terrorism, even going as far as giving checks to the families of suicide bombers in Israel.
2) Create and pass sensible security laws, such as an internal security service to combat domestic terrorism, without trampling on civil rights.
3) Reform the current government bureaucracy and agency structure
4) Really go after these terrorists where they are hiding. And kill them.

[Pamela · Rating 5 out of 5]

First book I read that made me realize Iraq might actually be a mess. Col. Hunt tells it like it is.

[G. · Rating 5 out of 5]

irreplaceable & vital; in the 21st century, conventional warfare is no longer effective and is in fact obsolete and dangerous (i.e., for the nation attempting to wage it)